I leave for Africa in a few days. To the one or two people out there who actually read this, it is not new to you. But it is an important event; I love to travel, and Africa is an amazing continent, and Ethiopia is a great place (I went there two years ago for a much shorter period of time). But it gets old telling people I am going to Africa- when people hear that they think I will be handing out medication and corn meal wrapped in dollar bills, or single handedly carrying all of the malnourished babies out of poverty. It has almost become cliche to talk about it at BYU, since so many other people have done some type of service or research in Africa. But I am excited to go, to be able be with the people, and mostly forget about myself and work hard. That is what I am looking forward to the most, as well as working with individuals, families, and communities to make progress in their lives, throughout whatever means may come. I will keep you posted (no pun intended) on how it goes. Till later, then...
